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Contest Ballot Boxes at Chamber of Commerce and Tribune Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Snow or rain tonight and Friday. Not much change In tem perature. Highest yesterday , 88 Lowest this morning. 1 27 Paid-Up Circulation People who pay lot their newspaper an th. beat prospect tor the adver tisers. 4. B. O. circulation la paid up circulation. . Tula newspaper la a. b. a Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1933. No. 262. JWilESt HBEDJEIF BTS IHfll i . . , SPEEDY PASSAGE NEEDED TO GAIN Li Fast Progress Halted in . House When Bill Re-referred to Committee Jackson Bill Is Approved SALEM, Jan. 26. (fP) The house " today checiei -the speed with which the unemployment relief measure was being put through the legislature by not only rejecting the motion to suspend the rules to place It on final passage, but had the bill re-referred to the unemployment committee. The bill, which would set up the statewide committee to handle fed eral funds and to establish sub-com-mltteea in each county, was intro duced by the Joint committee on unemployment yesterday, was imme- dltaely passed to second reading and referred and re-referred to the ways end means committee. Today that committee reported t out favorably. Speed Nfceded. Representative Carle Abrams of Ma rlon county, chairman of the house relief committee, urged speed in pass ing -the emergency measure because of the dire need for relief in the state. He declared the organization had to be effected' before' the state could proceed to borrow upwards of $5. 000,000 from the federal government. Representative John Cooter of Lin coln county urged more considera tion of the bill and had the measure returned to .the original committee. The three measures dealing with small loans, providing for drastic re ductions In the Interest rates on small loans, were killed in the house. All three were Introduced by Repre sentative Donald Ryan of Clackamas county. ITo use Passes Two. The house passed two measures je fore noon adjournment, while the senate passed four. House bills ap proved included the one designating highways in Lake and Harney coun ties, known as the "Yellowston cut off," as state highways, and another providing for bounties on cougars and wolves, to be paid by the state game commission. The two senate bills approved would have the Industrial aocident commission reopen the case of Wil liam Russell Reed of Douglas county, and another authorizing the county court of Jackson county to transfer (50,000 from the Pacific highway re demption fund to the general fund. Two house bills likewise were ap proved by the upper house, one pro hibiting livestock running at large on publio highways In Lane county, and another adding goats to the list of animals for which penalty la at tached for their theft. FE PORTLAND, aan. 26 (AP) Uncer tainty as to what may be done by tha legislature with reference to high way mattera hae resulted In a tenta tive decision by the stato highway commission to suspend secondary highway work until May 1. The three members of the com mission reached this conclusion here Wednesday after letting contracts amounting to 330.477. A definite decision on the suspension propceal, however, will be withheld until R. H. Baldock, engineer, has given the matter further atudy. . The auspenslon order would hold up construction costing 200,000, which otherwise would be carried on. The suspension for three months, aald Chairman Leslie M. Scott "would enable us to catch our breath In the matter of our finances." A hearing will be held at Ashland February 8, It waa decided, on the proposed changing of the highway entrance Into the city in connection with the Bear creek-Ashland section of the Pacific highway, the contract for which la ready to le The next recuiar meeting of the commission will be In Portland March 15. Two Jackson county projects ere held pending approval of the bureau of public roads. One was for grad ing and concrete paving 1.5 mllea of Bear creek-Ashland aectlon, upon which Washburn & Hall of Portland bid 63.130. The other was for two pile trestle bridges with concrete decks over Bear creek on the Pacific highwar. cn which Washburn sz Hall W4 tWAU. , -N Victory for DeValera Party 'icfe few r 4im',y (Associated Press Photo.) Incomplete returns In the Irish Free State election Indicate that Eamon DeValcra's (right) Flanna Fall party has scored a decisive victory. Wil liam T. Cosgrove, rival candidate for the presidency, shown at left. 0-C TAX REFUND Jackson county yesterday received a check for 80,182.91 from the United States treasury department, as Its share of the Oregon-California tax refund money. The government nvn ey lessens the financial tenseness ior the county. The check, four months overdue, waa expected last October, when the claims against the O.-C. tax refund are usually paid. The delay was oc casioned at Washington, D. 0. . Provisions for the expending of the money were made In the 1931 bud get for 1832 expenditures of the county, and warrants against It were Issued chiefly for care of the poor, emergency relief work and the gen eral fund expenses of the county. Will Reduce Debts. The W0,182.91 check will be used in reducing the outstanding warrant Indebtedness of the county, payment of which will give a rosier hue to the financial horizon. Some of the money will be segregated for school districts and rood dlstrlcta which voted spec ial levies in 1931. The warrant Indebtedness of the county, up to December 31, Is esti mated at, approximately $70,000. Be sides the O.-O. refund money re ceived yesterday, the last budget committee appropriated $5,000 to take care of the November and December, 1932, .bills, the $5,000 being made available by the 1033 levy. The $5,000 waa also used for emergency relief expenditures, and waa In addition to $4,000 worth of potatoes, tomatoes, fruit and other supplies In the coun ty commissary. (Continued on Page Five) GALE HIIS COAST PORTLAND. Jan. 28. ri South erly galea offshore, - Increasing tem peratures in the interior, and threat of more snow over the entire state, were charted on the weather map today. South winds raked the coastline during the night and storm warnings were up from Marshfleld to latoosn Island. Warm rains during the night melt ed most of the snow which hsd fallen In the previous 12 hours in the Wil lamette valley, but the lower Colum bia section and southern Oregon countrysides remained covered. More than 30 Inches of snow fell In 24 hours on the Psciflo highway turn- miu north of Grants Pass. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. (IPi A new storm bore down upon the Pacific coast today, close behind the series of disturbances which for the last 10 days hare been ahowerlng the far west with rain and snow. The southern extent of the n"w disturbance was approaching the northern California Sierra foothills this morning as a rescue expedition returned to Grass Valley after pro visioning a camp of 33 placer mining colonist Isolated by deep snow 13 miles from there. In Nevada efforts were being mad to clear the road for 45 snowbound p?r.-ons. one of them a woman serl S'jo li a euie norai ti 8ao, DE VALERA PARTY IN IRISH BALLOT DUBLIN, Irish Free State, Jan. 26. (0 Incomplete returns indicated o- day that President Eamon DeValera'e party, the Flanna Fall, won a deci sive victory In Tuesday's election of a new Dall Elreann. The Dail elected DeValera presi dent for the first time last March 9, as the result of a Flanna Fall LaboT party combine. The reutrns today showed the Fl anna Fall has won 33 seats to nine for the Com man Ngaedhael, the party William T. Cosgrove, the Free States president since Its organization until his defeat last year. Independents were assured of four seats, Labor one and the new Center party one. This left 116 to be filled. Last February's election of the Seventh Dall returned 73 of the Fl anna Fall, 57 of Cosgrave's party, and seven Labor, four Farmer and 13 Independent mambera. DeValera was elected president three weeks later, 81 to 68. The early returns indicate a big ger Flanna Fail plurality. DeValera hoped for a clear majority when he called the election more than three weeks ago. STATE PAY SLASH FAILS TO GARNER T SALEM, Jan. 26. (P) Proposal -A the ways and means committee to reduce for two years all state salaries, according to an approved schedule ranging from 5 to 50 per cent, is not meeting with a whole-souled affirma tive response from court Judges and district attorneys, letters read to the committee last night showed. Out of over 70 letters that the committee sent out, Inquiring if co operation could be expected, repll-s had been received to only 12. One of these was from a circuit Judtre and 11 from district attorneys. No su preme court Judge has yet replied. Circuit Judge C. H. McCulloch of Baker replied that he could not agree to the 37 per cent reduction that would fall to him, and he suggested Instead that the salaries of circuit Judges be set back to the former figure of MOO0. Three district at torneys stated flatly that they cou'id not agree. They were Sherman S. Smith of Josetthlne county, A. V. Hagglund of Tillamook and John L Storla of Columbia. Some of the other eight agreed. Others agreed with qualifications. Supreme Judges would receive a cut of 43 per cent under the schedule. On motion of Senator Staples, the committee voted to appoint a special committee to Investigate district at torneys' salaries. In vesication was ordered Into the disposal of interest accumulations n miscellaneous state moneys and Into high rent charges against state d partments, mentioned by Represen tative Dean Walker. 4 PORTLAND, Jan. 35. (AP) At the second of a aeries of closed meetings at which Oregon's financial status was thoroughly discussed, Rufua C. Kolman, state treasurer, was expected today to request a loan of 1.000.000 to replenish the depleted cash reserves 4 Ueua, Senate Adopts Glass Banking Bill; Faces Slow Death UTILITIES NEED SNUBBING POST T SALEM, Jan. 26. (AP) Public Utilities Commissioner Charles M. Thomas declared the state needs leg islation "not to co-operate with utilities, but to put a harness on them to bring them to a snubbing post and make them like it." At the public hearing on his seven-point bill Introduced In the senate to effective ly control utilities. . The commissioner vigorously as sailed practices of public utilities In watering stock and In making pay ments to eastern holding companies In the general pyramiding of valua tion figures. The hearing until close to midnight was the second one on the measure and was well attended. Holding Companies lilt Thomas stated that the public utilities will not admit that they are charged with public Interests. "They are always seeking to grasp more than a fair return, collecting through the most astute channels or subter fuge that clever lawyers can contrive" the commissioner said. "Eastern own- ors through holding companies are constantly siphoning money out of the state." The budget approval feature of the bill was declared by Thomas as the most important of all and one from which he would not back down. He declared all seven points of the bill essential, but that the keystone was the provision whereby the publlo utility budgets must all be submitted to the commissioner for approval. Want reck at Budget "We want to catch this money be fore it is spent rather than after," he said. "All we want is about 80 minutes to look at the budget. The budget will contain the proposed gross revenue and other charges to go to the affiliated holding compan ies. By objecting to the payment until the facts have been presented disclosing the contemplated services, the amount and necessity thereof, this payment can be prevented." This, he said, would shift the bur den of proof from the utilities com missioner to the public utilities them selves, who would have to Justify any and all questionable expenditures which were contemplated. The com panies would thus be forced to show on any work, necessary, that the charges were right and the work done. All operating companies In the state of Oregon at the present time, except the Portland General Electric company and the Portland Traction company, submit budgets for the en suing year to an eastern holding company, he said. The eastern group approves the budgets. The commis sioner asks that the same budget be submitted to him with the right for him to object to contemplated ex penditures that are clearly not pru dent. Thomas pointed out that right of appeal to circuit court on any of his decisions waa always assured the utilities. M NEW LEGISLATION Proposed legislation affecting the banks of this state waa the chief sub ject of addresses and discussion at the meeting here Tuesday night at the Hotel Medford of bankera of Jackson snd Josephine counties. J, w. McCoy, csahler of the First National bank of Ashland, led the discussion. Delroy Oetchell, presi dent of the Farmers and Fruitgrow ers bank here, talked on federal guarantee of deposits, Inauguration of one bank system under federal control and "controlled Inflation." The entire meeting was character ized by a more optimistic attitude. according to those In attendance. Among out-of-town vial torn was J. M. White, president of the First Na tional bank of Weed, Cal. Birds Emboldened By Hunger, Perch On Farmer's Head TOLO. Jan. 2. I Spl.) Charles Standford, living near Ray Oold, aaya snow has covered everything. Bun. day he started out wlti a, pan of mash for his chickens when ho felt something light on bis bead a shoulders; looking up he saw a. flock of little brown feathered friends. He sat the pan down and soon It waa covered with blrda, while others ate FIRST VOTES TABULATED IN POPULAR GIRL CONTEST With the Medford Merchants-Mall Tribune popularity contest Just getting In full swing, Interest Is Increasing by leaps and bounds. New nominations are being received at the Mail Tribune office and a nomination blank ap pears In today'e paper for the convenience of Rogue River valley people who wish to suggest the name of girl contestant. The Initial tabulation early this morning doea not hardly indicate the atrength of many active contestants as many glrla have accumulated hundreda of votes that have not yet been deposited In the ballot boxes, located In the Chamber of Com merce building and at the Mail Trlbuno office. The count thla morning stands as follows: Name. Nina Blake Babe Puhl . Votes. ... 1,000 1.000 1,000 ... 1,000 1.000 1,000 . 1.000 1.000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 ... 1,000 1,000 ... a.ioo . 1,000 ... 10,300 ... 1,000 1,000 ... 1,000 . 1,000 .. 1,000 1,000 .. 1.000 ... 1,000 Ruth Koozer ................. Constance Andrews .. Mildred Orltch Marjorle Whoeler Harriet Campbell - Rosalee Root . Ahna May Fuson Adra Edwards ;.... Babe Whitman ... .- Viola Templeton . Addye Allen ... Dorothy Orth . Myrna Bush .............. Margaret Chllders .... Arvllla Burns ... Margaret Melllng Janet Wray Smith Vivian Meter Ethol Chord . ' Sybil Jean Young Olive Lantis Peggy Miller ............... Jean Fabrlck ............ Kathleen Ness .......... Maureen Green .................... 1.000 Ruby Ranney ......................... 1,000 Dorothy Sload 1,000 Dean Holt . 1,000 . 1,000 Betty Bardwell ............. Ruth' Ashcraft - Arlene Hay, Central Point. Dorothy Bods ....................... Laura Drury Montana Ranney ................ Yvonne Devaney .................. Leah Inch , 1,000 . 1,000 , 1,000 , 1,000 , 1,000 . 1,000 , 23,800 , 1,000 Ruth Auton Oma DcBauer . 13,000 Beer Bill Introduction Brings March of Drys Upon Legislative Halls Mary Grelner Kelly SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 36. (Special) One whiff was enough for the drys. No sooner had tha first boer bill made lta rather shy debut on the house calendar, than members of the W. O. T. U. and Antl-Baloon League packed their bags for Salem. Today, they utilized receasea to enllat legis lative recrulta to "the cause." Not that they need to do much work. According to Past stato presi dent McAllister of the W. O. T. U., the proposed beer bill Is all wet anyway, constitutionally speaking. In other words. It can't stand on lta feet without ataggerlng Into a flock of other unrepealed laws, state and federal. The auggestlon that the weta were merely working out machinery to have In readiness In case the federal laws were repealed, met a barrage of poo-poos from the dry workers. Such technique Is worthy only or those who have labored In the cause of temperance. Granted that this la Vie meaning back of such a bill In the legisla ture what'a the hurry, anyway? Why don't they have the decency to wait until the federal government acta? Mrs. McAllister waa disappointed in the attitude of Oregon on the dry F NBW YORK, Jan. 2. (P) The New York atock exchange. In one of lta most sweeping disciplinary ac tlona In years, today suspended six of lta members for periods ranging from one month to three yeara. Several of those suspended were members of the firms of Smeltzer Company, or Ludwlg Robertson tc Compsny. The suspensions were of traders primarily Interested In bonds, and were for paying gratuities without the approval of the exchange, to em ployes of the exchange or other fi nancial Institutions. BERLIN. Jan. 28, (P An asser tion that Adolf Hitler had retreated from his policy of withholding sup port from any presidential cabinet not headed by himself, brought a denial today from the National 80- SliUil hadgutiten a Muatcfli, in Lower House Jean Swlgart ...... 1,000 Oracle Wakefield, Jacksonville 1,000 Frances Wakefield, J'kaonvllle 1,000 Virginia Pick, Jacksonville 1,000 Olcta Rogers . 10,300 Marie Rlgdon, Ashland.......... Lucille Gordon, Ashland... Frances Cramer. Ashland. Maxlne Miller, Ashland Florence Bellinger, Ashland Lucille Cramer, Ashland ... Virginia Crandall, Ashland... Margaret Purcell ............. Muriel Moomaw Lola Qulsenberry ........ Rosamond Wail Qldgeon Crew .WM.......... Bobby Naumea ..................... 1,000 1,000 1.000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 3,200 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Nello Green Lucy Clement ......... Melva Parrot ....... Justine Miller ......... Jean Dungee Viola Strong ........-. Dorothy Peterson Wilma Morgan ...... Mildred Walker . Irene Brewold ..... 1,000 1,000 1,000 Gertrude Haaklna Margaret Fitch ............. Gertrude Henderson .... Margaret Morrison ... Viola Dietrich ............ NellloBushneH'. ; Jean Fltaglbbon ......... Jean Qulsenberry Eunice Wheeler Edna Brewold ............ Josephine Taylor Elizabeth Purcell 1,000 1,000 1,000 : 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 (Continued on Page Five) question in.the recent election. She waa also disappointed In California. She doesn't believe the country will ever be really wet again. If It Is, she declared, "too whole nation will be ruled by crime." 'Dry forces will continue to arrive here during tha remainder of the week. By Monday they will have aufflclent numbora at the capital to make their presence felt. This la In anticipation of the publlo hearing on the beer bill, which Is set for Monday. There la always one man In tha house upon whose shoulders falls ttie burden of adjourning the assembly. That man thla term bids fair to be Estla Snedlcor of Portland. Mr. Sned lcor discovered In time that thla chore waa apt to atlck to him. So ha sat tight a few times until the sneaker had to auggeat that someone move to adjourn. Harvey Wells, also of Portland, obliged once or twice. Now the Job Is his for good. If he doean't actually pronounce the words Vie spesker accredits him with them, and tha house adjourns In hla name. Bills are coming through the leg islative mill thick and fast now. (Continued on Page Three) IS. ID'S BOY FRIEND FREED PHOENIX, Ariz, Jan. 36. (AP) Superior Court Judge J. O. Nile late yeaterday dismissed a charge of ac- ceesory to the crime of murder asjalnst John t. Halloran. Judge Nllea, sitting as a commit ting magistrate In a preliminary hearing, cited the Inconsistency of the state's case, and said a "trial In superior court would amount to an Idle gesture and an expense to the taxpayers of thla county." He added, however, that his order waa not final, WASHINGTON, 'jan. 36. (AP)- The Wkr department announced tha award today of a contract to the Boeing Airplane company of Seattle, Wash., for 111 airplanes and spare E PET! ENDS FILIBUSTER OF PAST 3 WEEKS WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. (AP) Three weeks of bitter fighting were over today tha Gloss banking bill was through the senate; the fili buster waa end ed. But the tri umph waa prob ably one In name only for this ses slon. Every sign pointed to slow death In tha house of the measure far w h 1 o h Senator Qlass. Virginia Democrat, has fought for two rTBK ai-A.s yeara. A house legislative Jam seemed certain to block a vote on it before March 4. In lta second successive night ses sion, the senate passed the Glass bill making aweeplng ohanges In the nation's banking laws, by a vote of ti to 9, and today turned lta atten tion to the treasury-postofflce ap propriation bill. That contained the making of another stormy contro versy. . The house today took up the mon ey bill supplying funds for tha state. commerce. Justice and labor depart ments. It started consideration of the measure at a night session last nigi'it, but not much progress was made. , The dynamite carried In the tress ury-postofflce legislation before the senate waa to be found In provisions for an additional 1 2-3 per cent pay cur, ior federal employea, reductions In benefits to former soldiers; and In a clause giving Prealden-elect Roose. velt brosd power to reorganize the government in the Interest of econ omy. i Senator Glass, a former secretary of tha treasury and mentioned aa Mr. Roosevelt's choice for the same post under the new administration, licked tne time-Killing filibuster in tha sen. ate laat night by circulating a peti tion to invoice tne rigid closure de. bate-llmltlng rule. It waa apparent that tola time the cloture petition would receive the (Continued on Page Three) -4- BY SAYS RELIEF HEAD "Despite the stories of vicious landlords, that have been In circula tion on the streets of Medford, have yet to find a single case where a tennant haa been evicted from his home In Medford thla winter for non-payment of rent," Hamilton Pat ton, director of relief, stated trdsy. we reel tnat credit should be given where credit la due," Patton continued, "and any stories told about landlords, either resident or non-resident, have so far been found untrue. We have not had a case re ported to use where an unfortunate and unemployed family haa been forced to move Into tha street thla waiter." Many such stories have been In cir culation in Medford, "among tha ranks of the agitators and street cor ner economists, about the cruelty of tne weiimy who have houses to rent. and of the poor people who hare been cast Into the streets for non payment of rent," Patton said. An Investigation carried on thru the channeta of tha county relief agenclea has found them to be un true, and Patton made the abov an nouncement thla morning to spike the stories. Patton said that In times like these when everyone la helping to cop with a crisis, that credit should be given where credit la due. Doctor Acquitted PORTLAND, Jan. 36. (AP) Dr. Homer Denman, Burns, Ore., physic ian, waa acquitted In federal court here yesterday on twelve counts which charged him with Illegally pre scribing narcotics. Tha Jury delib erated about three hours. Bridge Plans Okeh WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. (AP) The war department haa approved plana of the Coos Bay Southern Rail way company for a bridge across fan; tlou& at Ngj& Bead. Or, RECOGNITION FOR PROBLEM Fl Close Friends Believe President-Elect Has Departure From Hoover-S t i m s o n Russian Policy in Mind By JAMES McMTJLLIN. Copyrighted by McCture Newspaper Syndicate. NEW YORK, Jan. 26 Recognition of the Soviets or continuation of the Hoover-stlmson policy Is assumed to be the choice before Mr. Roosevelt. There are close friends here who be lieve that he has a new departure In hla mind. Speculation aa to what this policy will be makes good con versation. ' . Chancellor von Schleicher as lunch eon host to Dr. Schwarz the German consul In New York, stirred comment in Berlin, . Lunch hour la reserved for blg-tlme appointments. On thla day American publlo opinion waa ace betweon the two men. Friends say the chancellor has shown keen in terest In dsbt questions and as to tha effect hla vigorous policy of re arming Germany might have on American-German relations. Appointment of a secretary of the Interior from the west, preferably California, has much of Senator-elect McAdoo'a attention while eaat. The death of his wife's sister, Mrs. Sayre. has complicated the recovery of Mrs. McAdoo from an operation. Political plana were scrambled by tha senator's unplannotf. early return to the coast. Would Oovarnor Byrd of Virginia Inherit the seat of Senator Gloss if a cabinet place were the aenator'a choice? Yes aa probably as he would replace senator Swanson If the light ning struck there. Three major coming railroad diffi culties are worrying the experts. Mis souri Paclflo haa a large maturity coming and will be unable to meet It If present requirements for col lateral are maintained by the R. P. O. Foreclosure would help no one, as tha part of the road on which the maturing bonds are a mortgage could not be operated Independently and It is not vitally Important for con tinued operation of the M. o. P. system. Great Northern, despite a strong position, cannot meet lta $40,000,000 maturity. An amicable settlement will be difficult to reach as bond holders are convinced that eventually they can get 100 cents on the dollar. , (Continued on Page Two) societyTeader passes in paris PARIS, France. Jan. 26. (AP) Mrs. Oliver R. P. Belmont, New York society leader for many years, died here today. She was 80 years old. Mrs. Belmont suffered a paralytic stroke last May and again in No vember. She had lived In Paris since 1934. Her daughter, Mrs. Jacques Belaam, the former Consueto Vanderbllt, was with her mother. Her two sons, W. K. and Harold Vanderbllt, were In America. Dr. Edmund Oros, bead of the American hospital, said her death was due to a gardual weakening follow ing the paralytic strokes. She seem ed ready to pass a quiet night and slept fairly peacefully. Ford Plants Closed On Account Strikes DETROIT, Jan. 30. (AP) Plants of the Ford Motor company here, which have been operating on a part time basts, were closed today aa a result, officials said, of ft walkout In the two local plants of a company supplying automobile bodies. The Ford company said that 40.000 men were affected here, and 60,000 men In other sections might be af fected. BULLETIN OHIOAOO, Jan. 2. VP) Two youths just old enough to vote ad mitted to police today they held up Irene Dunn, film actress. District At torney Buron Pitta at Los Angelas and a eucoeaslon of victims from the Pacific oaost to Chicago's North Shore. Ralph Lane and Howard It. Otow art were tha youth. They were; ar reatod at Wlnnetka Tuesday sight, and recognized since by several vic tims of robberies along tha Norah c&ore suburb.